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| Mex | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Silicon Graphics |
| Initial release | 1985; 41 years ago (1985) |
| Operating system | IRIX |
| Type | Windowing system |
mex (multipleexposure) is awindowing system created bySilicon Graphics, used on68k-basedIRIS systems and early IRIS 4D systems.[1][2] Mex was originally loaded over a network through the use of GL1 routines kept on a remote host machine, usually aVAX. When the IRIS 1400 workstation and GL2-W (IRIX) were introduced, mex was allowed to run locally. Mex was used in IRIX from the GL2-W2.1.0 release to the 4D1-2.3 release.
With the introduction of 4D1-3.0 (IRIX 3.0), and the complete migration toMIPS processors, support for theGL / GL2 powered mex ended in the late 1980s, replaced bySun Microsystems'NeWS and the4Sightwindow manager.